Security

SANTIAGO – On Sunday, Sebastián Piñera began his first public speech as Chile’s president, displayed on one of the balconies of the Palace of La Moneda in Santiago with a Plaza de la Constitución full […]

SANTIAGO – Chilean police have increased the security measures with thousands of carabineers accompanied by dogs, protecting strategic locations and organizing polling stations. On Sunday, Chileans will choose a new president that will rule the […]

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – The projected cost paid by the Chilean government to host the Pope in January 2018 will be around 7 billion Chilean Pesos (over US$11 million), it has been […]

Isabel Cocker/The Santiago Times Staff SANTIAGO – Chile has been ranked 33rd in the 2017-2018 Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), the highest South American country to be included, according to the report released this week by […]

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil Defense Minister Raul Jungmann has said federal troops will be shipped to Rio de Janeiro state to help local police tackle a serious public security crisis. “We are activating a […]

By Christian Scheinpflug Beginning this week, Santiago’s upscale suburb of Las Condes will be an even better place for Big Brother fetishists. Various media report that the newly-created Municipal Aerial Vigilance Brigade (Brigada de Vigilancia […]